Clinical Sister

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated senior nurse who can demonstrate the ability to lead and motivate staff.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Main duties of the job

You will be a team player with good communication and organisational skills along with clinical management experience. You will have a positive can do attitude and always strive for the best for your patients and wider working team.

You will have the ability to engage clinically with all members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will have in depth proven clinical knowledge guiding the clinical team to work within this framework and dermatology pathways. You will be expected to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, along with the ability to sensitively manage change.

The post holder will be expected to have responsibility for the department in the absence of the department manager, both at The James Cook University Hospital and the One Life. You provide professional clinical leadership, advice, and guidance for the team, supporting the manager. You will need to have problem solving skills and be able to enhance patient pathways with innovation / improvements based on current research / guidance.

Main duties would be leading a team and overseeing the day to day running and triaging of patients through the specialist skin service The ideal candidate would have experience in the following areas: scrub nurse punch biopsy, shave excisions, curettage and cautery consenting patients knowledge of system one However this is not essential as on the job training can be provided

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• Current NMC Registration

Desirable

• Recognisable teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within and acute or community setting
• Experience of Multi-disciplinary working
• Experience in Dermatology

Desirable

• previous experience as a clinical sister

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).